The Canadian rock and roll trio (no, not Rush!) Triumph, is certainly a Rock & Roll Machine, as is made plain in the documentary about them of the same name.
Film and DVD
FILM REVIEW: Insert Coin
The brand-new movie, Insert Coin, tells the story of the infamous Midway Games, a group of developers who created arguably some of the most addictive (if not violent) video arcade games way back in the ’80s.
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
The prodigious bribe referenced in the insanely long title of Sacha Baron Cohen’s brand-new mockumentary, which just dropped on Amazon Prime, mutates […]
NEW EPIX DOCU SERIES: Laurel Canyon
Laurel Canyon is a new feature-length docuseries that will be shown on the EPIX premium television network, premiering May 31st at 9 PM ET/PT and concluding the following Sunday, June 7th at 9 PM ET/PT. The ‘place,’ Laurel Canyon is a twisting part of the Hollywood Hills where too many rockstars enjoyed care-free small-house living, creating what would be considered the L.A. sound in the mid to late 60’s and mid-’70s.
National Geographic Documentaries: The Cave and The Nightcrawlers
Oscar season is here and I had an opportunity to screen two powerful documentaries from National Geographic which are both shortlisted for […]
FILM: Varda by Agnès
There are a number of retrospective biography films about filmmakers and artists but you’ll find few created by the subject themselves and […]
Top 5: Casino movies you should watch
Movie makers have been inspired by casino culture for ages and have inspired a lot of writers and directors. Who doesn’t […]
FILM: Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
“Larger than life†is the description most associated with artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel, so director Pappi Corsicato had a wealth of […]
DVD: Lazy Eye
Mostly Lazy Eye is a two-character indie movie about two ex-lovers finding their way back to one another, for however long it might last and for whatever purpose. We all know what comes of tickling the dials on time machines like this, the danger as much from learning what went on before, as what could happen now. With some perfect acting though, and the idea of old lovers’ fits and starts reuniting especially telling in this day-and-age of Facebook reaching-out, writer-director Tim Kirkman’s Lazy Eye is some very good truthful filmmaking indeed.